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10/25/01 since microsoft released xp. today they will stop supporting the system. nearly 30% of all computers are running xp. as you learned yesterday, we have some atm issues dealing with xp and that could be catastrophic for some banks. up next, former lbj adviser and cabinet secretary joe califano and taylor branch helped kick off this week's summit at the lbj library. they'll be here to talk about lbj's legacy on that issue. first, how many presidents won more electoral votes than lindyndon johnson. the first correct answer will get the on-air shoutout coming up on tdr. [ male announce...

But he's not regarded generally because of vietnam, as one of our more accomplished presidents. is there a re-assessment going on? >> there is and we're taking the opportunity of looking at the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. civil rights act, voting rights act, medicare, medicaid all came about under president johnson. it is a time to commemorate president johnson and a time to look at how far we have come as a nation and also the challenges that are still ahead of us. we'll have president obama for the president speak but we'll have a whole host of panels, shameless plug for the lb...

The wonderful things he had done, especially in 1964 and 1965. so he died a very unhappy man but about a month before that, he had the symposium at the lbj library, brought a lot of civil rights leaders in. he had heart pains that day in public to get through it he ended it using the words we shall overcome. so it was emotional. he never lived to see the reassessment i agree with you, it is now happening today. >> people remember how young lbj was when he died. he was only 64. i want to thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> we will join to the present day t. race between the parties not...

Feelings for her were too tumultuous to put into words. >> lady bird johnson's entire diary entry from that day is written out, longhand, and it has since been completely digitized and it is now available at the lbj library website along with the corresponding audio. lyndon johnson, of course, rose to the presidency in the wake of president kennedy's assassination, and once lbj became president, one of his first orders of business in 1963 was to appoint a high-level commission to investigate the assassination. that, of course, was the warren commission, named after supreme court justice earl w...

Insulated, protected, sort of on olympus. she was quite alone. i don't think i ever saw anybody so much alone in my life. i went up to her, put my arms around her, and said something, i'm sure it was quite banal, like god help us all, because my feelings for her were too tumultuous to put into words. >> lady bird johnson's entire diary entry from that day is written out, longhand, and it has since been completely digitized and it is now available at the lbj library website along with the corresponding audio. lyndon johnson, of course, rose to the presidency in the wake of president kennedy's